Not elder law: world’s oldest recorded voice will be heard again

An “ethereal” 10 second clip of a woman singing a French folk song has been played for the first time in 150 years.The recording of “Au Clair de la Lune”, recorded in 1860, is thought to be the oldest known recorded human voice.  A phonograph of Thomas Edison singing a children’s song in 1877 was previously thought to be the oldest record.  The new “phonautograph”, created by etching soot-covered paper, has nowbeen played by US scientists using a “virtual stylus” to read thelines.  “When I first heard the recording as you hear it … it wasmagical, so ethereal,” audio historian David Giovannoni, who found therecording, told AP.”The fact is it’s recorded in smoke. The voice is coming out from behind this screen of aural smoke.”

Source:  BBC News